Overview

  • Accepting applications
  • Open & closing dates

     04/19/2021 to 04/26/2021

    This job will close when we have received 50 applications which may be sooner than the closing date. Learn more
  • Service

    Competitive

  • Pay scale & grade

    GS 13

  • Salary

    $98,334 to $98,334 per year

  • Appointment type

    Permanent

  • Work schedule

    Full-time

  • Apply Here: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/598718100

Duties

Summary

This position will be filled using the Office of Personnel Management’s Direct Hire Authority, please visit https://www.opm.gov/policydata-oversight/hiring-information/direct-hire-authority/ for more information.

This Supervisory Biological Scientist is located at the Pacific Northwest Research Station in Portland, OR.

For additional information about this position, please contact Joseph Donnegan at joseph.donnegan@usda.gov

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Responsibilities

  • Supervisory duties are performed 25% or more of the time.
  • Provides technical expertise and consultation in the areas of project management, biometrics, geospatial analyses, forest inventory, geographic information systems (GIS), and geospatial analysis data management.
  • Applies and integrates the product of workflow analyses, statistics, and remote sensing information into database operations and natural resource information Management (IM) systems.
  • Provides forest inventory or natural resource project management training and assistance to technical staff.
  • Applies the practices of forest biology and land management principals, practices, and concepts to provide leadership and national level advisory assistance on a resource inventory program.
  • Collaborates with partners and other natural resource inventory specialists to provide advice and respond to frequent user requests.
  • Provides feedback and communicates changes necessary to develop, improve, and enhance natural resource databases and systems concerning the extent, content and trends of the nation?s forest, tree, and other vegetation resources.
  • Participates in conferences, workshops, and task groups within the agency or with external partners.
  • Examines natural resource data, resolves inconsistent information, and plans revisions to investigate results.
  • Compiles analytics, and relays field and office inventory techniques (periodic and annual), and data applications.
  • Develops improvements to the procedures used in collecting, verifying, compiling, and summarizing strategic inventory data.

Travel Required

Occasional travel – Post COVID, occasional travel 3-5 days per year to attend meetings, conferences and/or trainings. May include overnight travel.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

  • Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
  • Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service or exempt.
  • Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
  • Successful completion of one-year probationary period, unless previously served.
  • Obtain and use a government-issued charge card for business- related travel.
  • Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
  • Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit E-Verify.

Qualifications

In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management’s General Schedule Qualification Standards.

Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. Transcripts must be provided for qualifications based on education. Provide university course descriptions as necessary.

Basic Education Requirements:
Biological Science Series (0401): https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0400/general-natural-resources-management-and-biological-sciences-series-0401/
A. Degree: biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position.
OR
B. Combination of education and experience: Courses equivalent to a major, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement, you must also possess experience in the amounts listed below.

Specialized Experience Requirement:
One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in federal service. To qualify at this level, your resume must reflect 52 weeks of 3 out of 4 of the following duties:

Developing, scheduling, coordinating, and monitoring natural resource information projects using project management procedures, tools, templates.

Providing program and technical advice for the compilation, storage, and delivery of strategic multi-resource inventory data.

Incorporating analyses of natural resource and geospatial data, and statistics in SQL databases for the information management (IM) needs of a natural resource monitoring program.

Providing technical guidance and leadership to plan and implement a natural resource monitoring program with land management agencies, universities, and other partners.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

Education alone is not qualifying for this grade level.